Does tracking macros work if I overeat instead of undereat?

On Ep. 379, Nikkiey explains that many women who see themselves as overeaters keep eating past what their body needs because they aren't getting the satiating signals they've been missing. So the main intervention isn't punishing restriction. It's changing what your calories are made of so they work with your hunger signals instead of against them. Her takeaway: you don't need to eat less, you need to eat differently. Even at the same calories, a plan built on protein feels very different from the way you've been eating.

Nikkiey says that when you do this, hunger tends to go down, cravings ease, blood sugar stabilizes, and total intake often drops without you forcing it. She calls it the counterintuitive move that makes everything else possible, and says the protein does the heavy lifting.

Do you still need a calorie deficit? Her answer is maybe. Once protein is up and carbs and fats are in range, calories often fall naturally, so some women may not need a deficit at all, or at least not an aggressive one. If overeating has felt like a willpower problem, this is the reframe: your body was missing signals the plan never gave it.